While christmas lights add a lot of appeal to your home during the holidays hanging christmas lights on a brick home can be a tricky endeavor.
Attaching rope lights to brick.
The main difference is that you may need to use wall anchors made especially for that material to secure the hooks in place.
The strands may not be well secured in some areas.
To hold your christmas lights in place wrap plastic zip ties around them or use mounting tape.
Begin moving the light strands onto the open ends of the screw hooks.
There s another way to hang string lights in a yard without trees.
Rope lights are easy to attach to concrete with the right tools.
String your lights around a door under the deck railing up the siding around a window or along the gutter all without nails or screws.
Cut the rope lights only on the areas of the light where there are cutting line marks.
This method is similar to installing them on trees.
They hold rope lights or extension cords up to 3 8 in.
Then take a step back and check to see if your home looks festive for the holidays.
Command outdoor rope light clips give you the freedom to hang your rope lights in new places outdoors.
Anchor screws walldog tapcon concrete screw or screw anchor and a masonry drill bit.
Hang and secure the lights to the hooks.
Just attach them to parts of your home made from materials like stucco and wood.
How to drill into brick.
To screw into brick there are only two things you need.
The anchor screw looks like a regular screw and it is but it also has an extra set of raised threads that help it cut and grip into very hard material like brick or.
Step 1 lay the rope lights against the concrete where you want to install them.